This quilt took three tries over 11 years to finally get it right.
The first try, I didn’t have the skill to make the pattern.
The second try, the pattern wasn’t bad, but I couldn’t find the color.
The third try, I made the pattern, and color came to me easily.

Growth in me was good for both of us.

This quilt design is about the coming together of 2 people, and
the creative explosion that begins and spreads out into the
world from their joining. This is one of only a very few quilts
I’ve done consciously using a specific color theme. Here,
it is the double split compliment arising from the yellow/violet
compliment. These are my favorite colors in which to work, and play.

48" X 60"

Shown at Pacific International Quilt Show 2006

This is the area where I began when making the quilt, and where I was confused
and unable to proceed on that 2nd
try.
I call this my “river running through
it” area.
It’s the earth in an otherwise
largely heaven filled quilt.
I am especially happy with the
transparency I achieved.

This detail shows my quilting pretty well. I
think it's the best I've done to date.

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Photo Credit: TMHodgson